Double-J (manga)

Double-J
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Hajime Usami
だぶるじぇい
(Daburu Jei)
GenreComedy[1]
Manga
Written byEiji Nonaka
Illustrated byMaru Asakura
Published byKodansha
ImprintShōnen Magazine Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Magazine
DemographicShōnen
Original runJuly 22, 2009 – October 26, 2011
Volumes6
Anime television series
Directed byAzuma Tani
StudioDLE
Original networkNippon TV (Yuruani? [ja])
Original run June 29, 2011 – September 14, 2011
Episodes11

Double-J (Japanese: だぶるじぇい, Hepburn: Daburu Jei) is a Japanese manga series written by Eiji Nonaka and illustrated by Maru Asakura. It was serialized in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine from July 2009 to October 2011, with its chapters collected in six tankōbon volumes. A four-minute-long 11-episode anime adaptation, produced by DLE, was broadcast on Nippon TV as part of their Yuruani? [ja] program from June and September 2011.

Plot

In a school where after-school activities are mandatory for all students, Hajime and her friend Sayo come across a club that they have never seen before: the Cultural Activity Preservation Club. Members make handicrafts, such as mats and toothpicks, using traditional methods.

Characters

Traditional Art Inheritance Club

Hajime Usami (宇佐美 はじめ, Usami Hajime)
Voiced by: Ayuru Ōhashi[2]
Hajime is a new club member.
Sayo Arima (有馬 小夜, Arima Sayo)
Voiced by: Emiri Katō[2]
Sayo is Hajime's close friend. However, she has not yet joined the traditional art inheritance club.
Aya Chōsokabe (長宗我部 彩, Chōsokabe Aya)
Voiced by: Kanami Satō[2]
Aya is the vice-president of the traditional art inheritance club. She has written a text of the omikuji.
Maria Sassa (佐々 マリア, Sassa Maria)
Voiced by: Chiaki Omigawa[2]
Maria, often referred to as 'Tsumayōji-san' by other members, is a senior of the club. She has carved a groove of the toothpick.
Ema Hōjō (北条 絵馬, Hōjō Ema)
Voiced by: Ayana Taketatsu[2]
Ema is a senior of the club, and is a successor of the rain gutter artisan.
Ichirō Toba (鳥羽 一郎, Toba Ichirō)
Voiced by: Nobuyuki Hiyama[2]
Ichirō is the president of Nagashima High School's traditional art inheritance club. He is Toba Sōjō's descendant, and has succeeded to Chōjū-giga.
Shizuma Sanada (真田 静馬, Sanada Shizuma)
Voiced by: Ryō Hirohashi[2]
Shizuma is a trainer of the varied tit.

Manzai Study Group

Françoise Sakai (フランソワーズ 坂井, Furansowāzu Sakai)
Voiced by: Yū Kobayashi[2]
Françoise is the president of the manzai study group.

Members' Family

Hajime's Mother (はじめの母)
Voiced by: Miyu Matsuki[3]
Ichirō's Father (一郎の父)
Voiced by: Banjō Ginga[3]
Yutaka Toba (鳥羽 ゆたか, Toba Yutaka)
Voiced by: Kaori Ishihara[3]
Yutaka is Ichirō's younger sister.

Media

Manga

Written by Eiji Nonaka and illustrated by Maru Asakura, Double-J was serialized in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine from July 22, 2009,[4][5] to October 26, 2011.[6] Kodansha collected its chapters in six tankōbon volumes, released from January 15, 2010,[7] to December 16, 2011.[8]

Anime

A four-minute-long 11-episode anime adaptation, produced by DLE and directed by Azuma Tani, was broadcast on Nippon TV's animated shorts program Yuruani? [ja] from June 29 to September 14, 2011.[9][3][2] The ending theme is "Wani to Shampoo" (ワニとシャンプー) by Momoiro Clover Z.[10] An insert song, titled "Kyō no Hi wa Sayōnara" (今日の日はさようなら), performed by the voice actors of Hajime Usami, Sayo Arima, Aya Chōsokabe, Maria Sassa, Ema Hōjō, Shizuma Sanada, Françoise Sakai, and Yutaka Toba, played in the final episode.[2]

Episodes

No.TitleOriginal air date [2]
01"Dentō or Alive"
Transliteration: "Dentō oa Araibu" (Japanese: 伝統・オア・アライブ)		June 29, 2011 (2011-06-29)
02"PermaDentō Vacation"
Transliteration: "PāmaDentō Bakēshon" (Japanese: パーマ伝統・バケーション)		July 6, 2011 (2011-07-06)
03"Dentō Derivative"
Transliteration: "Dentō Deribatibu" (Japanese: 伝統デリバティブ)		July 13, 2011 (2011-07-13)
04Transliteration: "Kabushiki Dentō Kōkai" (Japanese: 株式伝統公開)July 20, 2011 (2011-07-20)
05"ADentō Please!"
Transliteration: "ADentō Purīzu!" (Japanese: ア伝統 プリーズ！)		July 27, 2011 (2011-07-27)
06Transliteration: "Ukkari Subette Dentō" (Japanese: うっかり滑って伝統)August 3, 2011 (2011-08-03)
07Transliteration: "Kurashi no Dentō Gei" (Japanese: 暮らしの伝統芸)August 10, 2011 (2011-08-10)
08Transliteration: "Sono Ken wa Dentōchu desu" (Japanese: その件は伝統中です)August 17, 2011 (2011-08-17)
09Transliteration: "Dentōsen ga Hareta" (Japanese: 伝統腺が腫れた)August 24, 2011 (2011-08-24)
10Transliteration: "Dentō Eiji" (Japanese: 伝統英二)August 31, 2011 (2011-08-31)
11Transliteration: "Shushō Dentō Shokan" (Japanese: 首相伝統所感)September 14, 2011 (2011-09-14)

References

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  6. ^ 週刊少年マガジン 2011年48号. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on March 17, 2023. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
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  8. ^ 【12月16日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. December 16, 2011. Archived from the original on November 6, 2022. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
  9. ^ Loo, Egan (May 16, 2011). "Cromartie Creator's Double-J Moe Manga Gets TV Anime". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on January 7, 2023. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
  10. ^ ユルアニ？新作「だぶるじぇい」EDテーマはももクロ新曲. Music Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. June 22, 2011. Archived from the original on May 31, 2016. Retrieved March 17, 2023.